Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for intracranial atherosclerotic lesions: Evolution of technique and short-term results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 415-423

  Connors III, J J ^a   Wojak, Joan C ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Balloon angioplasty; Cerebral ischemia; Cerebrovascular disease; Endovascular therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESTENOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0032807664     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.3.0415     Document Type: Article

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